Mainframe COBOL Technical Interview Questions

How is sign stored in Packed Decimal fields and Zoned Decimal fields ?

What do you do to resolve SOC-7 error ?

What is the difference between COMP & COMP-3 ?

How is sign stored in a COMP field ?

How is sign stored in a comp-3 field ?

Can I redefine an X(100) field with a field of X(200) ?

What does EXIT do ?

What is the difference between CONTINUE & NEXT SENTENCE ?

When would you use in-line perform ?

What is the difference between performing a SECTION and a PARAGRAPH ?

What should be the sorting order for SEARCH ALL ?

What is the difference between SEARCH and SEARCH ALL ?

What is the difference between index and subscript ?

How do you define a table/array in COBOL ?

What does the IS NUMERIC clause establish ?

What is 77 level used for ?

What does the INITIALIZE verb do ?

What does a status return code of nn29 mean in relation to record locks ?

What is an area sweep and when is it used?

Why would you use find and get rather than an obtain?

If you are current on the owner of a set, what is the difference between an obtain next and obtain first?

How you can read the file from bottom?

Is it possible that the REDEFINES clause has different picture clauses compared to the one it redefined?

What are the different forms of EVALUATE statement ?

What is 77 level used for ?

What does the INITIALIZE verb do ?

Why do we code s9 (4) comp In spite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space ?

What is the Purpose of POINTER Phrase in STRING command ?

What divisions, sections and paragraphs are mandatory for a COBOL program ?

What is the difference between Structured COBOL Programming and Object Oriented COBOL ?

What is the different between index and subscript ?

Why do we code S9(4) comp. Inspite of knowing comp-3 will occupy less space ?

What do you feel makes a good program ?

What is the difference between static call & Dynamic call ?

Give some advantages of REDEFINES clause ?

How to execute a set of JCL statements from a COBOL program ?

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program ?

What care has to be taken to force program to execute above 16 Meg line ?

What is the difference between SEARCH and SEARCH ALL What is more efficient ?

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